Rnews Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ One lump or two (or three)?—If theres anything that radio amateurs like to kvetch about its licens...
+ More QSLs: N7FAN, AD7HI—These QSLs are a bit different than the other QSLs I post here. Not be...
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War, Drugs, Security

Antiwar

+ Call Off the Iran War. Just Walk Away!—After several days of increasing threats against Iran, including socia...
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Defense Breaking

+ Telesat wins $1.6B for Canadian Arctic MILSATCOM—WASHINGTON — Canadas Defense Investment Agency (DIA) has awarded Ottaw...
+ Colombia buys 2 KC-390s from Embraer in $336 million deal—WASHINGTON — Colombia has finalized a deal to buy two KC-390 Millenniu...
+ Italy’s controversial Gulf military mission enters public spotlight—MILAN — Italy has about 700 military personnel deployed to the Gulf re...
+ The confidence deficit in space—Space safety and security for military commanders, intelligence agenci...
+ Farnborough last looks, plus how the Iran war is affecting arms sales—In this weeks episode of The Break Out, Breaking Defenses Multimedia D...
+ Europe wants ITAR-free weapons. US firms are trying to adjust.—WASHINGTON and FARNBOROUGH — US firms seeking to tap into ballooning E...
+ Navy renews Saildrone’s counter-drug mission in the Caribbean, Eastern Pacific—WASHINGTON — Maritime drone manufacturer Saildrone has received a new ...
+ K2 tapped to host Space Force satellite laser links tests—WASHINGTON — The Space Force has awarded California-based startup K2 S...
+ With Hormuz in the spotlight, the Navy can do better—The Strait of Hormuz remains mostly closed — US Central Command protes...
+ Rheinmetall unveils new guided-missile frigate projected for North American tender—MILAN — German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall unveiled today a new guid...
+ Senate’s stopgap funding bill rejects special requests for Trump battleship, munitions—WASHINGTON — Senate appropriators on Sunday unveiled a bipartisan cont...
+ Northrop gets $3B framework deal to increase motor production for PAC-3, THAAD—WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman will become a second supplier of rocket ...
+ Multinational RIMPAC exercise played ‘primary laboratory’ for cutting edge tech—MELBOURNE — It may be more well known as a multinational high-end warf...
+ Facing a lack of kit, Space Force creates $981M pool to buy training capabilities—WASHINGTON — The Space Force has tapped 15 vendors to compete for a $9...
+ Marine Corps F-35 suffers crash in California—WASHINGTON — A Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet crashed today at Marine ...
+ Key B-52 upgrades face cost, schedule risks: GAO—WASHINGTON — A host of upgrades meant to extend the life of the aging ...
+ GCAP timeline could shrink ‘by a couple of years,’ Leonardo CEO says—MILAN — The entry into service of the Global Combat Air Programmes six...
+ The devil was in the waivers: How new minerals procurement rules will change the game—For years, defense contractors have operated under a law that was supp...
+ Light at the end of M-code’s tunnel? Receivers for ships, planes to finish tests by 2027—WASHINGTON — Air Force officials now predict operational testing of ch...
+ JIATF-401 awards CACI $500M for non-kinetic cUAS—WASHINGTON — CACI International has won a three-year, $500 million con...
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Defense News

+ 325 Narcan doses, 43 lost children: DC National Guard mission wraps first year—Since Aug. 11, 2025, nearly 9,700 National Guard troops from across th...
+ Thales Australia whips together armed UGV in just 6 weeks—To demonstrate speed to capability, Thales Australia has turned a draw...
+ Ukraine’s Fire Point starts to integrate European tech into missile defense system—Ukrainian drone and missile maker Fire Point has secured agreements fr...
+ US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say—The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate lon...
+ US Air Force jet engine manufacturing plagued by ‘significant challenges’—Dissatisfied with the quality of the engines for its fighter jets, the...
+ Pentagon moves to triple Patriot, quadruple THAAD interceptor production—The Defense Department on Monday announced framework agreements with N...
+ Poland readies Ukraine ‘Coalition of Willing’ drills, eyes NATO support for border defense—WARSAW, Poland — As Europe seeks a role in future security guarantees ...
+ Denmark begins extended military conscription in response to Russia, Trump—Around 1,600 Danish military recruits on Monday began the country’s ne...
+ UNIFIL’s final months: Uncertainty persists in Lebanon over what comes next—BEIRUT — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, has e...
+ Just one in three Americans backs Iran war, most unsure of Trump’s goals, poll finds—Just one in three Americans supports the war on Iran, the lowest readi...
+ Just one in three Americans back Iran war, most unsure of Trump’s goals, poll finds—Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest readin...
+ Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defense systems—Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artif...
+ The arms race for cheaper anti-ballistic weapons is underway—KYIV, Ukraine — The race for a new anti-ballistic system has begun.Aft...
+ F-47 program producing test aircraft, on schedule for 2028 flight —The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 program has begun its engineering and manufa...
+ Navy awards $76.6 billion for Virginia, Columbia-class submarines—The U.S. Navy announced that it is awarding contracts for another roun...
+ Iran war depleted US Patriot missile stockpiles, creating readiness challenges, experts say—The United States has depleted roughly two-thirds of its pre-war Patri...
+ Iran to get Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems in weeks, sources say—Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to...
+ US strikes $58.6 billion Patriot missile deal amid rising stockpile concerns—The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 bil...
+ DARPA challenge pushes limits of heavy-lift drone technology—The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency next week will kick off ...
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Defense One

+ OPM breach victims could get identity protection for life—Federal employees and contractors whose sensitive personal data was st...
+ Attackers are targeting open-source AI just as Big Tech is embracing it—The future of AI will be driven in significant part by startups and sm...
+ Shock wave—Imagine an alternate near-future in which the U.S. military had more v...
+ HII’s sea drone business is growing, but revenue is ‘modest,’ CEO says—The nation’s largest military shipbuilder sees maritime drones p...
+ Anthropic confirms its AI breached 3 organizations during testing—Anthropic’s flagship artificial intelligence model Claude gained...
+ Defense Business Brief: Handshake deals plane orders?; Inside the aerospace supply chain, plus thoughts on that critical minerals EO—Maybe it was just me, but there seemed to be more handshake deals betw...
+ Iran war ‘accelerated’ key tanker connectivity upgrades, top Air Force officials say—DAYTON, Ohio—The ongoing war in Iran has pushed Air Force offici...
+ Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software—A North Korea-linked hacker group has been tied to four open-source so...
+ Up to six designs could move ahead in Air Force’s next robot-wingman effort—DAYTON, Ohio—Up to six designs could be brought to the prototypi...
+ How the UK is helping Ukraine hit Russian targets—A new tech-sharing agreement allowing Ukrainians to make a British-des...
+ Senate confirms Clayton as Trump’s next intelligence director—The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Jay Clayton to serve as Presiden...
+ The Army didn’t want this striking rotorcraft, but could it be what NATO needs?—FARNBOROUGH, England—Two years ago, the Army changed its mind ab...
+ Air Force will resume B-52 radar testing with second bomber after deadly crash —DAYTON, Ohio—Air Force officials plan to resume B-52 radar devel...
+ NIST unveils new AI evaluation platform—The National Institute of Standards and Technology launched a new prog...
+ More than 30 companies form open-source AI alliance—A slew of major technology companies announced Monday that they have j...
+ ‘Game of Thrones’ as Ukraine’s president, defense minister split—Street protests continued across Ukraine for a tenth day on Saturday i...
+ As drones take over, ejection-seat makers prepare for a pilotless battlefield—FARNBOROUGH, England—In the eight decades since Martin-Baker con...
+ The German navy can’t get enough P-8 patrol aircraft—FARNBOROUGH, England—The German navy is buying eight submarine-h...
+ Selective Service System seeks software to aid the military draft—The agency that keeps lists of draft-eligible men is looking for softw...
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Global Research

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Military Times

+ 325 Narcan doses, 43 lost children: DC National Guard mission wraps first year—Since Aug. 11, 2025, nearly 9,700 National Guard troops from across th...
+ Army’s new battlefield command system ready to scale—Army officials said the Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, ...
+ US used ‘virtually all’ long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say—The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate lon...
+ House Oversight Democrats seek records behind Pentagon changes to Iran war casualty database—Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ar...
+ US Navy is reclassifying 19 Virginia-class submarines to reflect increased attack capabilities —The U.S. Navy announced on Monday that it is reclassifying planned nuc...
+ Trump’s new commission will target quality of life for military spouses—President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday establishing a...
+ US Coast Guard had 14 suicides in 2024, the highest in a decade—Seventy-six members of the U.S. Coast Guard died by suicide between 20...
+ US Air Force jet engine manufacturing plagued by ‘significant challenges’—Dissatisfied with the quality of the engines for its fighter jets, the...
+ TSA stops Alabama traveler for Civil War-era cannonballs in luggage—A bag belonging to a traveler tripped TSA alarms on July 18 after offi...
+ Army approves service-wide wear of Jungle Tab—As focus shifts to the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. Army has approved ...
+ Pentagon moves to triple Patriot, quadruple THAAD interceptor production—The Defense Department on Monday announced framework agreements with N...
+ Navy orders commands to submit monthly facial hair waiver accountability reports—The Navy last week announced its latest round of guidance regarding fa...
+ Navy fires commanding officer of USS West Virginia—The U.S. Navy relieved the commanding officer of the Ohio-class ballis...
+ Army offers bonuses topping $200K to keep aviation warrant officers in uniform—Eligible U.S. Army pilots can earn up to nearly $210,000 in retention ...
+ Meet Drone Round, the company supplying Marines with anti-drone ammo—Logic suggests that a shotgun would be the best firearm to use to take...
+ Virginia-class submarine USS Minnesota completes first deployment—The nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Minnesota returned to Na...
+ Just one in three Americans backs Iran war, most unsure of Trump’s goals, poll finds—Just one in three Americans supports the war on Iran, the lowest readi...
+ B-52 modernization faces delays, cost increases, watchdog says—Most of the U.S. Air Force’s efforts to modernize its B-52s are experi...
+ ‘Good Samaritans’ beware: Scammers ramp up targeting of troops’ goodwill—The father of a sailor is out to warn others in the military community...
+ Senate Democrats press Pentagon over medical care for troops wounded in Kuwait drone strike—Senate Democrats are pressing the Pentagon for answers about medical c...
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